Sheared beaver coat and method of making the same



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SHEARED BEAVER COAT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed May 3, 1941 s sheets-sheet s lNvENToR Ammin Frcc Patented June 23, 1942 SHEARED BEAVER COAT AND METHOD 0F MAKING THE SAME Armin Fried, New York, N. y. Y Appiicaiion May' s, 1941, serial'No. 391,670

a claims. (ci. lis- 28)A Asheared beaver fur coat constructed so as to require a lesser number of skins than present day similar coats. The invention also contemplates a novel method for the construction of the fur coat.

Heretofore, it has been customary to construct sheared beaver coats so that the light gray and dark gray areas of the skins were arranged in Vertical alternate lines extending from the top edge of the coat to the bottom edge, completely around the coat. The present invention oontemplates a new construction which specifically varies the arrangement of the light gray and dark gray areas so as to require a lesser number of skins for the manufacture of the coat, and at the same time producing a coat just as artistic and beautiful as the prior constructions.

The invention contemplates constructing the coat with a dark gray `area across the top portion of the back of the coat and down the sides of the back of the coat to the bottom, and providing another dark gray area across the front portion of the front of the coat and continuing it down the sides of thefront of the coat to the bottom, and it is proposed that the other areas of the coat be of light gray. With this arrangef ment the sheared beaver coat is just as beautiful as similar prior coats and yetit is possible to construct the coat from a lesser number of skins in View of the fact that each skin naturally contains a larger area of dark gray portions than the light gray portions. For example, with this invention it is possible to construct a fur coat which previously required ve skins with only four skins. The new construction not only saves fur, but also saves labor'as will be apparent from a description of the' method of manufacture.

With speciiio reference to the method of manufacture, a method is proposed for making a sheared beaver fur coat having the specific arrangement of light gray-and dark gray areas of the skins as disclosed, which is characterized by the new steps of cutting each skin down the center and then cutting the central and bottom areas of each half skin in diagonal strips, and

then arranging said out parts into a panel which In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is an outside elevational View of the joined skins from which the body of the fur coat may be manufactured in the usual way.

Fig. 2 is an elevational View of a skin used for the coat and for identiiication called skin I.

Fig. 3 is an elevational View of a partially completed panel made from said skin I.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the completed panel from skin I.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of skin II of the coat.

Fig. 6 is an elevational View of the partly completed panel of skin II.

Fig. 7 is an elevational view of the completed panel of skin II.

Fig. 8 is an elevational View of skin III of the v coat.

Fig. 9vis an elevational view of a partly completed panel from skin III.

Fig. 10 is an elevational view of the completed panel from skin III.

Fig. 11 is an elevational view of skin IV of the coat.

Fig. 12 is an elevational View of the two front panels made from skin IV.

The construction oi' the new sheared beaver fur coat may be best understood by examining Fig. 1, bearing in mind that this figure represents a complete outside View of the poincd skins from which the body of the coat is made. However, this view does not include the sleeves and the collar since these particular portions form no part of the invention. The dominating feature of the coat resides particularly in the arrangement of the light gray and dark gray areas of the skins. With the new arrangement tl'iere is a dark gray area lll, across the top portion of the back of the coat which continues down the sides of the back portion of the coat to the bottom along the areas il and l2. Other dark gray areas I3 andl extend across the top portions of the front andsides of the coat and continue down the sides of the front of the coat to the bottom, in areas i5 and l. The other areas of the coat, indicated by reference numerals I1, I8, I9, 20 and 2i, and are of light gray. The body of the fur coat, as indicated in Fig.` 1, is constructed of four skins. These skins are indicated by brackets and the `Roman numerals I, II, III, and IV, respectively.

I-Ieretofore it was customary to construct similar coats to that of the present invention in which the light and dark areas were arranged in vertical lines extending from the top to the bottom of the coat, completely around the coat. There was quite a waste of skins with the old arrangement in view of the fact that each skin contains a larger dark gray area than light gray area. It was therefore necessary to discard a quantity of the dark gray area portions of the skins. With the new arrangement the body of the coat has more dark gray areas than light gray areas, and consequently the entire skins may be used. At the same time the new construction of the coat is just as artistic, if not more so, than prior constructions.

The construction of the body of the coat as illustrated in Fig. 1 may be better understood by following the construction of the various panels from the various skins from which the coat is formed. In Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive the construen tion of skin I is shown. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the complete skin, indicated by reference numeral 23. This skin has the usual dark area 24 across its top and the dark area 25 down its center. It has light areas 26 at its sides. The skin is iirst cut in half along the center, indicated by reference numeral 2l. self is not new as in the construction of prior coats the rst step was to cut the skin in half. It is now necessary to cut the skin 23 into a plurality of strips 28 along the diagonal so that each strip has a light and a dark area.

The strips 28 are then turned at a sharper angle and are sewed together to form panels of longer length than the original lengths of the skins. This may be understood from examining Fig. 3. This figure shows panel sections of the correct length made from the strips 28 secured together1 in the usua1 way. The panel sections shown in Fig. 3 are then turned around so that the dark portions are outside and the light portions are inside, and the panel sections are sewn together to form the completed panel from skin I. It should be noted that this completed panel has the light central area Il and portions of the dark edge areas Il and l2.

In Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive a detail has been shown of skin II generally indicated by numeral 23a. This skin originally is identical to the skin shown in Fig. 2 and identical parts are identified by the same reference numerals. This skin is cut substantially the same as the prior skin and A the panel sections shown in Fig. 6 are thus formed. These panel sections are switched around so that the dark areas are outside and the light area is at the center. The completed panel is shown in Fig. 7 and represents skin II. This skin has the light area i9 and sections of the dark areas l2 and I5.

In Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive the details of skin III are shown generally indicated by numeral 23h.

and identical parts are referred to by the same reference numerals. This skin is cut into pieces as previously explained, and these pieces are set together forming the panel sections shown in Fig. 9. The panel sections are then switched around so that the light areas are at the center and the dark areas at the outside. The nished panel has the light area I8 at its center and parts of the dark areas H and l5 at its sides.

The details of skin IV are shown in Figs. 1l and 12 and indicated generally by reference numeral 23C. Fig. 11 shows the original skin, the parts of which may be recognized by the reference numerals applied to it which are identical to the details shown in Fig. 2. This skin is cut and the parts secured together to form the panels shown in Fig. 12. These panels form the front portion of the coat. The panel at the left includes the light area 2B and a part of the dark Fig. 8 shows the original skin which is substantially identical to the skin shown in Fig. 2,

5 light areas.

assai-3s area l. The panel at the right includes the light area 2| and a part of the dark area l5.

The various panels are joined together to form the completed fur coat illustrated in Fig. 1. From this point, the manufacture of the coat is the same as previous to this invention.

It should be clearly understood that heretofore it was customary to cut a skin along its center and then to cut each half into strip sections either obliquely or of V-shape. These sections were then sewn together to form panels. However, in the prior constructions large portions of the skin were discarded because each skin contained a larger percentage of dark areas than With the new construction an entire skin is used. The skins may be of sheared beaver or the like.

It should be further clearly understood that while the body of the coat is shown constructed of four skins, this is merely by way of example. A larger or smaller number of skins may be used. The important feature resides in the fact that with the new construction the finished coat contains a larger percentage of Idark gray areas than light gray areas, and therefore entire skins may be used.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent:

1. In a method for making the body section of a sheared beaver fur coat having a speciiic arrangement of light gray and dark gray areas of skins as described, the steps of cutting each skin down the center and then cutting the central and bottom areas of each half skin into diagonal strips, and then arranging said cut parts into a panel which is the required length of the fur coat and which has a dark gray area across its top portion and down its sides and the remainder of its area of light gray.

2. In a method for making the body section of a sheared heaver iur coat having a specific arrangement of light gray and dark gray areas of skins as described, the steps of cutting each skin down the center and then cutting the central and bottom areas of each half skin into diagonal strips, and then arranging said cut parts into a panel which is the required length of the fur coat and which has a dark gray area across its top portion and down its sides and the remainder of its area of light gray, said diagonal strips having a light area at one end and a dark area at the other end.

3. In a method for making the body section of a sheared beaver fur coat having a specic arrangement of light gray and dark gray areas of skins as describe-d, the steps of cutting each skin down the center and then cutting the central and bottom areas of each half skin into diagonal strips, and then arranging said cut parts into a panel which is the required length of the fur coat and which has a dark gray area across its top portion and down its sides and the remainder of its area of light gray, and using several panels similar to the above panel for constructing the coat.

ARMIN FRIED. 

